Infusion of Paregoric elixir

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Source: Buchan enlarged. Domestic medicine; or, The family physician, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines: With an appendix containing a dispensatory. For the use of private practitioners. To which is added ... rules and regulations to be observed ... in the management of infants, etc by Buchan, William, 1729-1805. n 82060399 (1818), narrative-offset-1401467.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

• Paregoric Elixir: of rhubarb cut small, ten drams ; succOtrine aloes, in powder, six drams; lesser cardamom .seeds, half an ounce

Method as extracted

1. Infuse according to the source passage: Infuse in one pound of the volatile aromatic spirit, for four or five days, requen y shaking the bottle ; afterwards strain the elixir. ^ ^ This is an agreeable and safe way of administering opium. t ea.ses pains, allays tickling coughs, relieves difficult breathing, and is Useiu in many disorders of children, particularly the hooping-cough. The dose to an adult is from fifty to a hundred drops. Sacred Elixir ^ Take of rhubarb cut small, ten drams ; succOtrine aloes, in powder, six drams; lesser cardamom .seeds, half an ounce ;

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